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Background

Maina Ma’aji Lawan, CON, was born on the 12th of July 1954 at Kauwa in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria. He finished his Primary education at Kukawa in 1967 and proceeded to Government College Keffi for his secondary education between 1968 and 1972. He graduated from Ahmadu Bello University,[1] Zaria in 1977 where he obtained a BSc degree in Business administration, specializing in finance.

Borno, also known as Borno State, is a state in north-eastern Nigeria. Its capital is Maiduguri. The state was formed in 1976 from the split of the North-Eastern State. Until 1991 it contained what is now Yobe State. It is the homeland of the Kanuri people in Nigeria.

Political career

While in active politics, he was a member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the Great Nigerian Peoples Party (GNPP), The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP), and the All Progressives Congress (APC). He was elected into the House of Representatives at the age of twenty-four on the platform of the GNPP to represent Kukawa Southeast Federal constituency between 1979-1983.

The Social Democratic Party of Nigeria, popularly known as SDP, was established as a political party to encompass the ideals of a center left political organization. It was initially one of the products of a democracy project by former President Ibrahim Babangida to have two detribalized political parties, one a little to the left and one for the right. However, during the Nigerian Third Republic it was seen as a moderate party with a flavor for young radical intellectuals and socialists. In its manifesto, it called for concerted efforts to improve the people's welfare and fight for social justice.

The Great Nigeria People's Party was one of the six major political parties that fielded candidates for elections in the Nigerian Second Republic. The party was formed by a splinter group from the Nigerian People's Party, the group was led by Waziri Ibrahim, a politician and businessman from Borno. Waziri was one of the leaders of the three associations that formed the nucleus of NPP. The original intention of NPP was to transcend the politics of ethnicity and to promote the cause of both the prominent ethnic groups and ethnic minorities. However, the entry of Nnamdi Azikiwe to NPP led to a power struggle in which Waziri lost. Waziri then led a group of minorities in the north and some southerners to form the Great Nigeria Peoples Party.

The All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) was a political party in Nigeria.

In December 1991, Senator Lawan was elected Governor of Borno State and served until the 17th of November 1993 when the third republic was aborted by a military coup.[1] In the transition programmes that followed, Maina Ma’aji Lawan was elected Senator for Borno Nort first in 1998 on the platform of UNCP under the Abacha Transition which was itself aborted and thereafter elected three times into the Senate from the same constituency, his last election being in 2011 after which he declined to contest.

During his sojourn in the Senate, Senator Lawan was at various times the Deputy Senate Leader, Senate Minority leader, chairman Senate committees on special projects, National population and Identity, Vice Chairman Senate committees on appropriation and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as well as member of several standing and ad-hoc committees including but not limited to National Security and Intelligence, Constitutional Amendment,[2] Finance, Petroleum, and Niger Delta Development Commission.

In 2011, Senator Lawan was conferred with the National Honour of the “Commander of the Order of Niger” (CON) based on his various roles in National Development.

Nigerian National Honours are a set of orders and decorations conferred upon Nigerians and friends of Nigeria every year. They were instituted by the National Honors Act No. 5 of 1964, during the First Nigerian Republic, to honour Nigerians who have rendered service to the benefit of the nation.

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Business endeavour

As an investor and a highly reputable businessman, Maina Ma’aji Lawan has been successful in establishing several businesses from the early 1980s to date. His business success was always a supporting aspect for his political career.

Senator Lawan is into real estate, commerce, commodities trade, and he is very passionate about farming, being a large-scale commercial livestock farmer with extensive interests in cattle, poultry and fisheries.

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